Galatasaray and Yeni Çorumspor shared the points in a 2:2 draw at Rams Park on Thursday evening, the result of a match where the hosts dominated possession but could only salvage a single point from the Süper Lig opener. The final scoreline might suggest a comfortable evening for the leaders, but the statistics tell a different story — Galatasaray registered 29 shots on target across the game and still found themselves level at the whistle.
Victor Osimhen opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, his first goal of the campaign, and by then the visitors had already been under pressure since Yunus Akgün picked up a yellow card just 21 minutes before. Alexandros Kyziridis equalised for Yeni Çorumspor in the 59th minute, a moment that shifted the tempo entirely, and Jesús Ramírez put the visitors ahead in the 61st minute after Markus Karlsbakk's substitution had changed the dynamic.
And here's the thing about matches like this — one mistake ends it. Kyziridis was sent off in the 70th minute, and Galatasaray threw bodies in the way for the remainder of the contest. Osimhen completed his brace in the 90th minute, a late response that kept the hosts in contention for all three points, though the red card meant they had to defend rather than attack.
The statistics paint a picture of complete one-sidedness. Galatasaray held 64 per cent possession, created eight big chances, and registered 22 shots within the penalty area, while Yeni Çorumspor managed only one big chance and three shots on target. Expected goals favoured the hosts 2.9 to 0.61, yet the visitors' goalkeeper made 11 saves to keep them in the game.
The result leaves Galatasaray top of the table with 10 points from four matches, three wins and a draw, while Yeni Çorumspor sit 14th with four points. By then, the visitors were down to ten men and had to rely on defensive organisation, but the draw does little to alter either side's trajectory at this stage of the season.